Metal car-roofing.



Patented Feb. 28, 1911.

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J M HANSEN METAL GAR ROOFING.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 3, 1910.

J. M. HANSEN.

METAL GAR ROOFING.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 3, 1910.

Patented Feb. 28, 1911.

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INVETQ fwd M To all whom it may concern:

.TOHN M. I HANSEN, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

METAL CAR-ROOFING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 28, 1911.

' Application filed August 3,1910. Serial No. 575,228.

' Be it known that I, JOHN M. HANSEN, a resident of Pittsburg, in thecounty of Alle gheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Metal Car-Roofing; and I do hereby vcleclare thefollowin to be a full, clear, and exact description t ereof.

My invention relates to car-roofs, and more especially to a metallicroof, its object being to provide a roof in which the parts com osingthe same are united before the roo is applied to the car-frame and thensecurely attached to said frame.

My invention comprises the novel features hereinafter set forth andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a side elevation of the upperportion of a car showing my improved roof applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is across section on the line 2-2 Fig.

1; Fig. 3 isa longitudinal section on the line 3-3 Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is anenlarged detail.

The wooden frame-work of the car iscomposed of the side-plates 2, thesheathing 3 arid the fascia 4. The roof is composed of v the -carlines 5which comprise the channel members with the flanges 7, said channelssloping from the median line of the roof to the eaves and provided attheir ends with the downwardly extending flan es 8. The carline isarranged in inverted form and the roof-plates 9 are bent along theirlateral edges to engage the carline, said roof-plates overlapping as at10. In this manner the roof-p ates completely envelop the carline "andextend beyond the: same at their outer endswhere they are finally bentdown as at 11 to be secured to the fascias 4 by means of nails or otherfastening 'devices. The bolts 12 pass through the flanges 8 at the. endsof the carline and through the'side-plates 2 to secure the roof to thesaid side-plates. Saddles 13 are secured to the carlines by bolts 14passing. through said saddles and through the roof-plates and web of thecarlines. The

running boards 15 are secured to the saddles 13.

What I claim is:

A car-roof, the-combination with the side plates, of an inverted channelcarline supported on said side-plates, downwardly extending flanges atthe ends of said carlines- J OHN, M. HANSEN. Witnesses I ROBERT C.TOTTEN JOHN F. WIL

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